Breaking a three-week losing streak, broadly defined commodities topped last week’s returns for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange traded funds. Other than US bonds and real estate investment trusts (REITs), all the primary slices of global markets posted gains for the trading week through Friday, Dec. 6.

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